Ah, ok... Since this is an installation that's intended to go out to a few dozen machines I'm not sure in advance what the user's might need so wanted to give them everything possible. A veritable Las Vegas buffet of Mathematical software.
But sounds like, as with a big buffet, too much of a good thing is just too much. However, there doesn't seem to be any quickly visible documentation on what optional packages are needed for what functionality. Might be good to either put an obvious pointer to such info (in the "how to install optional docs" screen) or put up some warning along the lines of "don't install these unless you *know* you need them" so those who don't know better (like me) won't go overboard. I don't know if it's possible with the way SAGE is built, but might not want to hide from the the displayed list those optional installs that make no sense (like Linux binaries on a Mac box). On Jun 17, 4:46 pm, William Stein <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 11:14 AM, arthur <[email protected]> wrote: > > A fresh install on a brand new 10.6.4 MacBookPro (also failed on > > 10.6.3 yesterday). > > > After installing all the 15 optional installs that would install (that > > will be a separate post) > > Installing all the optional packages without understanding what they > are doesn't even make sense to do. > For example, one of the optional packages (Valgrind), rebuilds Python > in a special debugging mode for doing instrumented debugging, which > only works on Linux... and others contain binaries only for certain > platforms. > > One should only install optional packages that you have a specific > need for and understand. > > -- William > > > > > > > Sage now won't start, fails with Python > > errors, whereas it was starting fine before the optional installs (and > > it did do all the optional ones). Errors below: > > > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > ++++++++++++++++ > > > Last login: Wed Jun 16 13:24:20 on console > > dhcp-0098943500-9d-83:~ admin$ sage > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > | Sage Version 4.4.2, Release Date: 2010-05-19 | > > | Type notebook() for the GUI, and license() for information. | > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Traceback (most recent call last): > > File "/Applications/sage/local/bin/sage-ipython", line 18, in > > <module> > > import IPython > > File "/Applications/sage/local/lib/python2.6/site-packages/IPython/ > > __init__.py", line 58, in <module> > > __import__(name,glob,loc,[]) > > File "/Applications/sage/local/lib/python2.6/site-packages/IPython/ > > ipstruct.py", line 22, in <module> > > from IPython.genutils import list2dict2 > > File "/Applications/sage/local/lib/python2.6/site-packages/IPython/ > > genutils.py", line 59, in <module> > > from IPython.external.path import path > > File "/Applications/sage/local/lib/python2.6/site-packages/IPython/ > > external/path.py", line 35, in <module> > > import md5 > > File "/Applications/sage/local/lib/python/md5.py", line 10, in > > <module> > > from hashlib import md5 > > File "/Applications/sage/local/lib/python/hashlib.py", line 136, in > > <module> > > md5 = __get_builtin_constructor('md5') > > File "/Applications/sage/local/lib/python/hashlib.py", line 63, in > > __get_builtin_constructor > > import _md5 > > ImportError: No module named _md5 > > dhcp-0098943500-9d-83:~ admin$ > > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > > Help? > > > Arthur > > > -- > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected] > > For more options, visit this group > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/sage-support > > URL:http://www.sagemath.org > > -- > William Stein > Professor of Mathematics > University of Washingtonhttp://wstein.org -- To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-support URL: http://www.sagemath.org
